Have you ever stopped to think about the meaning of hope? We throw the word around like it is confetti. I sure hope I get to work on time. I hope my son hits the ball tonight. I hope these pants still fit. We use it to describe our wishful thinking – our desire for certain things to happen. It is our attempt to be optimistic and expect positive outcomes – even when we are setting ourselves up to fail by…

Quick Question… Do you believe that your relationship status matters? Now that you have answered that - let me ask the question a different way. Do you believe your relationship status with Jesus matters? My guess is you answered, YES! It matters whether we have a relationship or not, for sure. But do you believe it matters if we just have one or do you believe it matters if it is a growing relationship? Some…

Now that we have accepted Jesus as our Savior, does it really matter how we live our lives? Does it matter how we spend our time? Do our priorities matter at all? I mean we have prayed the prayer and invited Him into our heart, so can’t we check that off our To Do list and just focus on living our best life… (click to read more)

We say we want to please the Lord, we want to do what God would have us to do, we just want to know His will for our life. Well, God is pleased when we make it a priority to come to know Jesus more and more. You see…

We think we know Jesus and we fool ourselves into believing we are living for Him, when we are just living for ourselves. We think we know all we need to know, when we don’t know very much. We become satisfied with milk and do not realize we crave solid food.  (“Saved by Grace, Now What?”) Is that you? Are we just going through the motions, pretending that we are living for Jesus while we are preoccupied with getting our way, doing our own will and trusting in ourselves more than we do Jesus…

There have been times in my life when it felt as if I had lost everything. There have been seasons in my life that required me to give everything I had. There have been some long dark nights where I have pleaded for God to do everything because I could do nothing. When you look at this beautiful pic of this precious family of mine – it appears that I have everything. What you don’t see…

When was the last time you shared Jesus with someone? How often do you sit and have conversations about Him? Do you cause people to be attracted to Jesus or do your words and actions repel them away? Those are tough questions, aren’t they? We would love to be able to…

We want to be a picture of great health, strong and mighty, living a long life filled with purpose and making a difference in the lives of others. And when our time comes to leave this place, we want our eulogy to be about our heart for God, the difference we made in the lives of others and the impact we left on the next generation. Oh yes, that is our desire, our heart’s desire – but…

God wants our time. Not only does He want time, but He wants alone time with each of us. Why? Because it takes one on one time to develop intimacy and He wants an intimate relationship with His children. Spending time alone offers the opportunity to get to know Him in a deeper, more intimate way. You see…

Do you ever find yourself asking the question, “What does God want from me?” Do you ponder it, google it and look up scriptures about it? Do you drive down the road or stand in the shower and audibly ask, “Seriously God, what do you want from me?”

We act as if we don’t know, as if we just cannot understand. But we do know – don’t we? It is not as…

We hold our feelings and our opinions in high regard, don’t we? We start many of our sentences with I feel and In my opinion. We believe that our feelings and our opinions matter. But, do they really? When making decisions or walking the path God has…

Do you believe He will do what He has promised to do? Do you believe that God is who He says He is? Do you wait confidently, knowing He will fulfill His promises to you? Somedays are harder than others…

How can we complain or feel like we have lost something, when we have been given everything? Why is it so easy to whine and complain and focus on what we think we need, but do not have? Have we forgotten what God has done for us and what His grace offers to us? 

Have you noticed that when God decides to reveal something to you it shows up everywhere? It is in your devotional, in your conversations and even on your Instragram feed? Ugh! As much as I avoid saying it out loud, I must admit – I fear criticism. I do! And if I am being honest (oh, mercy – here it is) I even sometimes assume…

If you have been following along, then you know I am hung up on the word – EVERYTHING. God has been showing me - or should I say reminding me – that He is everything! He is our Father, our best friend and our counselor. He is everything we have ever wanted and everything we need. What are we searching for? We already have…

We ask that question a lot… What is in this for me? We see everything from our perspective and we are often blinded to what is already ours. We make it very difficult when the reality is - it is very simple. Do you know what God has for…